Tonight the window
Is alive again
With geckos
Like a family
Big ones and small ones
Male and female
With eggs showing
Inside their bellies
Pressed against the glass pane
They fight and bite
Run to and from
Waiting for their meal
On the way
On little wings
Attracted by the light
The fly lands
For the last time
With its short life
Cut even shorter
Is there a lesson
For us?
I didn’t think so either
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Author:
Alfred Peyer (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Dear Friends, I am overloaded with work and need to concentrate on my business. Therefore, I will most likely be off the site for about a week. Will try to peek once in a while and maybe put in a comment or two. You won't miss me, but I certainly will miss you! Mahalo
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I enjoyed this Fred-- The crickets outside my window were quite loud tonight...
Thanks so much Night Owl, we have crickets too, and you are right, they are noisy!
Nice write
Mahalo Brycycle! Thanks for reading.
Nice one Fred. last line joker. Reminded me of when i lived in an apartment in a huge stately home with windows beneath a portico. The bats would whizz around catching moths and one hot summer night a bat flew into my apartment thru the open window. Amazing creatures.
Thanks b-e, wow, having a bat in your room must be something. Did it leave on its own or did you have to catch it?
Nice one and actually we will miss you but needs must.
Thanks so much Michael, it's just for a few days. Can't get sidetracked. What can I do, work comes first.
Got to love those gecko "insect control" commandos - for both entertainment value and utility. Your poem reminds me of the vast, wondrous, and good humored hand of the Creator.
Thank you Gary, yes it is wondrous when looking at all the little (and big) creatures around our house.
Nice poem ... love the punch line, Fred! I look forward to your return.
Thanks Louis, the punch line was kind of an afterthought. I was actually wondering if there is anything we can learn, but just couldn't come up with anything! 🙂
Will be back soon.
Very thought provoking. Thanks and I hope you can get caught up. I can relate. Thanks again!
Mahalo WBL, the geckos are so much fun to watch. They congregate on the lighted window at night and just wait for the food to come to them. Yeah well, am a one man show, nobody else to delegate the work to!
Waiting for you to come back. Take care.
Thanks, am not going anywhere, just have to spend my time working instead of having fun here on this site!
Super write. The way you talk about the geckos sounds fascinating, I reckon I would get nothing done as I would just sit watching them.
I hope your work goes well.
Thank you Goldfinch. Yes, they are fun. The ones in the poem are on the outside of the windows. They come out as soon as it gets dark, since the light inside attracts bugs to the windows. But we also have geckos inside the house. They usually hide, and they eat bugs. And then outside we have chameleons. These are bigger than the geckos and they do change color between green and brown, depending on the background. Fascinating.
The work will go well. It is Sunday night here and I just need a week to catch up.
Nice poem Fred. Have a great work week.
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